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Lung Injury Summary

Description: Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.

Also Known As: Chronic Lung Injury; Lung Injuries; Pulmonary Injury; Chronic Lung Injuries; Injuries, Lung Show All >>

Networked: 7324 relevant articles (502 outcomes, 918 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Lung Injury

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Bleomycin (Blenoxane) : 31 outcomes 48 studies in 380 results : FDA 7 Generic
  2. Oxygen : 28 outcomes 44 studies in 472 results : IBA
  3. Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (Tumor Necrosis Factor) : 18 outcomes 29 studies in 310 results : IBA
  4. Oleic Acid (Oleate) : 14 outcomes 31 studies in 318 results : IBA
  5. Antigen-Antibody Complex (Immune Complex) : 12 outcomes 12 studies in 83 results : IBA
  6. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) : 12 outcomes 7 studies in 58 results : IBA
  7. Peroxidase (Myeloperoxidase) : 12 outcomes 5 studies in 196 results : IBA
  8. Smoke : 11 outcomes 15 studies in 143 results : IBA
  9. Paraquat : 10 outcomes 14 studies in 82 results : IBA
  10. ONO 5046 (sivelestat) : 10 outcomes 7 studies in 33 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Lung Injury

  1. Ischemia
  2. Hyperoxia
  3. Inflammation
  4. Pancreatitis
  5. Acute Lung Injury
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Key Therapies for Lung Injury

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  1. Positive-Pressure Respiration (PEEP) : 14 outcomes 28 studies in 222 results
  2. Mechanical Ventilators (Ventilator) : 9 outcomes 24 studies in 225 results
  3. Cardiopulmonary Bypass (Heart-Lung Bypass) : 9 outcomes 19 studies in 120 results
  4. Artificial Respiration (Mechanical Ventilation) : 7 outcomes 36 studies in 413 results
  5. Resuscitation : 7 outcomes 5 studies in 97 results
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